Yamaguchi
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Yamaguchi (山口, "mountain entrance/gateway") is the 15th most common Japanese surname. It can refer to:
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[edit] Real People
- Adam Yamaguchi American television correspondent and producer at Current TV
- Billy Yamaguchi Famed Feng Shui Hairstylist and creator of hair product line.
- Eri Yamaguchi (born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
- Erina Yamaguchi Japanese gravure idol
- Gogen Yamaguchi (1909 - 1989), Japanese karateka
- Goro Yamaguchi (1933 - 1999), world famous Japanese shakuhachi musician
- Hitomi Yamaguchi (1923 – 1995), popular Japanese novelist and essayist
- Jun Yamaguchi, (born 1967) Japanese composer
- Kappei Yamaguchi, Japanese seiyū
- Kayo Yamaguchi (1899 - 1984), Japanese painter
- Keiji Yamaguchi, (creature technical director: ILM)
- Koichi Yamaguchi, bicycle framebuilder
- Kristi Yamaguchi, Japanese American figure skater
- Makoto Yamaguchi (origami artist)
- Mayumi Yamaguchi (born 1975), Japanese seiyū
- Momoe Yamaguchi (born 1959), former Japanese pop singer, actress and idol
- Motohiro Yamaguchi (born 1969), Japanese football midfielder
- Noboru Yamaguchi (1901 - 1942), second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi
- Otoya Yamaguchi (1943 - 1960), Japanese ultranationalist best known for his assassination of Inejiro Asanuma
- Roy Yamaguchi, Japanese-American chef
- Ryōta Yamaguchi (born 1969), Japanese anime screenwriter
- Seigo Yamaguchi (1924 - 1996), Japanese aikidoka
- Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Japanese actor
- Shinji Yamaguchi, Japanese mangaka
- Takayuki Yamaguchi, Japanese seiyū
- Tamon Yamaguchi (1892 - 1942), Japanese Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Tomoko Yamaguchi (born 1964), Japanese actress and singer
- Taro Yamaguchi (born 1970), Japanese seiyū
- Wally Yamaguchi, Japanese professional wrestling personality, better known in the U. S. as the manager of Kai En Tai in WWE
- Tamon Yamaguchi, Japanese naval officer
- Yuki Yamaguchi, Japanese sprinter
- Yuriko Yamaguchi (born 1965), Japanese seiyū
- Yuriko Yamaguchi (born 1948), Japanese-American sculptor
- Yutaka Yamaguchi (born 1940), Japanese businessman and economist
[edit] Fictional Characters
- Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi, character of Yukie Nakama in Gokusen
- Yamaguchi-sensei, doctor in the manga/anime series Fighting Spirit
[edit] Places
- Yamaguchi Prefecture, westernmost prefecture of Honshū island of Japan
- Yamaguchi-shi, city, capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Yamaguchi-mura, village in Nagano Prefecture
- Yamaguchi Station, JR West railway station located in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
[edit] Other
- Yamaguchi Bank, major regional bank in Japan, primarily in the Yamaguchi prefecture
- Yamaguchi Broadcasting Co., (later named KRY) Japanese television and radio broadcasting company serving the city of Yamaguchi and Yamaguchi Prefecture.
- Yamaguchi-gumi, yakuza group
- Sweden v. Yamaguchi, a highly complex decision in international family law which touches on questions in law still unresolved over fifty years later.
[edit] See also
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